THE ENGLISH HORSE WINS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 934, 25 November 1881, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE ENGLISH HORSE WINS.

One of the most exciting contests in the history of modern racing took place at Newmarket on October 13th, when the English and American Derby heroes —Bend Or and Iroquois—met in the Champion Stakes at weigbt-for-age. This race is run "across the flat," a straight course of 1 mile 2 furlongs and 72 yards, and has been won by many notable thoroughbreds, Robert the Devil being the last to achieve a winning bracket in the event. On the 13th there were eight starters—namely, Lord Arlington's Bend Or, Mr Lorillnrd's Iroquois, Mr Blanton's Scobell (winner of the Epsom Grand Prize), Mr Crawford's Buchanan (winner of the Lincolnshire Handicap), Mr Ewnn's Falkirk, Lord Falmouth's Muriel, the Duke of Hamilton's Fiddler, and Count Lagrange's Albion (winner of the French Derby), The betting, which proved to be terribly heavy, was 6 to 4 on Bend Or, 9 to 4 against Troquois, 7 to 1 against Scobell, and 33 to 1 each against Muriel and Fiddler. Falkirk in the centre made the running at a good pace, clear of Fiddler, and Scobell on the right, with Bend Or and Iroquois on the left, and Albion to bring up the rear. In this order the lot ran until reaching the bushes, where Falkirk was beaten and Scobell assumed the command, being followed by Fiddler for a few strides, when Bend Or ran into second place, and came down the hill a length behind Scobell, Iroquois lying third. Half way down the hill Iroquois was in trouble, and Archer had to drive Bend Or hard to keep his place. Once out of the dip, however, he rapidly closed with Scobell, and, getting the best of the struggle in the Inst fifty yards, won by three parts of a length, Iroquois was a bad third, and Muriel fourth.